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“a man who had fallen among thieves”By e.e cummings
PRESENTED BY:Carlos ChavarriaDavid CalderonBen KaserAdriana ArellanoMiguel GomezPeriod 4: Honors World LiteratureMr. Berkowitz
About e.e. cummings• Edward Estlin Cummings was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge
Massachusetts.• He moved to Paris, France and fell in love with the city and his service
in the Ambulance Corps.• His mom encouraged him to read poetry and this sparked his interest
in writing poetry.• He was arrested by the French police due to the fact that he supported
the German• In addition to poetry, he was a Playwriter, Artist and an Author.• After being released from prison he left France and moved to the
United States.• He attended Cambridge Latin High School.• He died on September 3rd 1932 in North Conway, New Hampshire from
a stroke. • He is remembered as a literary legacy.
The Good Samaritan(Vincent van Gogh 1890)
“a man who had fallen among thieves”
a man who had fallen among thieves
lay by the roadside on his back
dressed in fifteenthrate ideas
wearing a round jeer for a hat
fate per a somewhat more than less
emancipated evening
had in return for consciousness
endowed him with a changeless grin
whereon a dozen staunch and leal
citizens did graze at pause
then fired by hypercivic zeal
sought newer pastures or because
This man had gotten into trouble and was beaten unconscious.
He was being ridiculed as he laid on the ground.
As the man laid on the ground, many civilians passed on by ignoring him.
Citizen felt as if they were doing the right thing by ignoring the man.
Cummings refers to them as sheep
It takes away his consciousness and exchanged it with happiness.
swaddled with a frozen brookof pinkest vomit out of eyeswhich noticed nobody he lookedas if he did not care to rise
one hand did nothing on the vestits wideflung friend clenched weakly dirtwhile the mute trouserfly confesseda button solemnly inert.
Brushing from whom the stiffened pukei put him all into my armsa and staggered banged with terror througha million billion trillion stars
Personification is used with the button and the trouserfly, giving them human qualities. The button is so sad that it cannot move.
He brushes off the vomit and picks up the man.He is unconscious
while he is carried through the city.
He is unconscious inside of a brook. The frozen brook also represents death.
His eyes have ruptured and he can no longer see anything or anyone. Or they are possible black eyes
He was hurt to the point where he can not get up.
Important Definitions• Fifteenthrate: low class.• Jeer: to mock.• Emancipated: free from legal, social, or political restrictions;
liberated.• Endowed: give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or
institution).• Staunch: loyal and committed in attitude.• Leal: loyal and honest.• Graze: to eat grass in a field.• Swaddled: to wrap in garments or clothes.• Brook: a small stream.• Trouserfly: piece fabric that covers the zipper.• Solemnly: gravely or somberly impressive.• Inert: lacking the ability or strength to move.
Definitions (cont’d)• staggered: astonish or deeply shocked
About the Poem• It is a parable of “The Good Samaritan.”• The poem is composed of 6 quatrains. • The possible theme is compassion for others in need or treat
others the way you would like to be treated.• Rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL.• No meter
man who had fallen among thieves lay by the roadside on his back dressed in fifteenthrate ideas wearing a round jeer for a hat
fate per a somewhat more than less emancipated evening had in return for consciousness endowed him with a changeless grin
whereon a dozen staunch and leal citizens did graze at pause then fired by hypercivic zeal sought newer pastures or because
swaddled with a frozen brook of pinkest vomit out of eyes which noticed nobody he looked as if he did not care to rise
one hand did nothing on the vest its wideflung friend clenched weakly dirt while the mute trouserfly confessed a button solemnly inert.
Brushing from whom the stiffened puke i put him all into my arms and staggered banged with terror througha million billion trillion stars.
Examples of Literary Devices
• Line 6: “emancipated evening” Alliteration rhyme
• Line 15: “which noticed nobody he looked“ Alliteration rhyme
• Line 18: "its wide flung friend clenched weakly dirt" Oxymoron
• Lines 19-20: "while the mute trouserfly confessed" Paradox
• Line 24: “a million billion trillion stars” Hyperbole